Deadline: 29-Aug-22
The RedLine Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce an open call for the Arts in Society (AiS) Artist Grant Program to foster cross-sector work through the arts by supporting the integration of arts and culture into multiple disciplines critical to the health and well-being of Coloradans.
The Arts in Society grant program funds projects that engage arts organizations and artists as partners in illuminating and finding solutions to a wide array of civic and social challenges faced by Colorado communities. The program supports projects that engage a wide range of issues and media.
Funding Information
- Grants will range from $5,000-$35,000 depending on the project.
- Duration: Projects should go no longer than 24 months and must completed by December 2024.
Benefits
Arts in Society provides both financial and organizational support. In addition to receiving project funding, Arts in Society grantees benefit from the following resources:
- Learning Community Meetings – Arts in Society grantees participate in a learning community program through which they meet three times with their annual cohort of grantees throughout the first year following funding. Through these meetings they share resources and learnings, and build a coalition of support.
- Evaluation Support – Through a collaboration with University of Colorado Denver’s School of Arts and Media, Arts in Society grantees are provided an evaluation toolkit to aid in collecting program feedback and data.
- Mini-Documentaries – All Arts in Society grantees will get assistance in filming a 2-minute documentary so that they can share their work with the world.
- Marketing and Communications – Grantees receive marketing and communications support through various Arts in Society marketing channels, including the Arts in Society Facebook page, Instagram, and by contributing blog posts to the Arts in Society blog.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must reside in the state of Colorado, and have an arts idea that engages a social issue. Organizations, individuals, schools, and government agencies are all eligible to apply.
- Arts in Society funds cross-sector work through the arts; they specifically look for projects that demonstrate a high level of collaboration between artists, organizations, and a target community to address a problem or social justice issue.
- They encourage applications from individual artists, non-arts organizations like human service groups, neighborhood organizations or healthcare organizations (as examples).
- If you are an organization or artist outside the state of Colorado interested in applying, you must partner with an organization within the state in order to be eligible. A fiscal sponsor does not count as a “partner”. Partner organizations must play a critical role in the implementation of the project.
- Each application should be for a different project. They encourage applicants to submit their strongest idea(s).
For more information, visit https://www.redlineart.org/arts-in-society